VMware tools installation

- [Voiceover] In this video,…I'll walk you through the VMware Tools installation process…and I'll show you some resources that you can use…to troubleshoot a failed VMware Tools installation.…And we're going to start off…by creating a new virtual machine.…So I'm going to go into Hosts and Clusters…and we can just ignore any virtual machines…that currently exist.…I'm going to just create a new one.…And the reason I want to walk you through this…is because the decisions that we make…when we create a virtual machine…will impact our VMware Tools installation process.…

So, I just name my virtual machine VMware Tools.…I'm going to put it on ESXi host zero one,…I'll pick a data store…and I'll just choose datastore1…and then I'll pick a compatibility mode,…I want it to run on ESXi six hosts…and now comes the important part.…So, VMware Tools comes in all different flavors.…There's different versions of VMware Tools…for different guest operating systems.…And the version of VMware Tools…that actually gets installed on your virtual machine…

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3/9/2017

System admins who have a background in vSphere know that setup and configuration is just the beginning. Beyond that is deployment, implementation, and troubleshooting. This course covers troubleshooting vSphere and deploying virtual machines and resources. Learn how to troubleshoot issues related to virtual machine performance, virtual networking, and shared storage. Get techniques you can use for working with vCenter, virtual machines, ESXi, clusters, and more. This course is an exam preparation resource, as it maps to the VCP6-DCV exam section: Troubleshoot a vSphere Deployment.